In September of 2015, the Drupal Association instituted changes to the Drupal.org marketplace. We changed the organization ranking system from a simple alphabetical ranking, to a ranking based on issue credits attributed to organizations in the last 90 days. Issue credits are only one part of the contribution economy in the Drupal ecosystem, and it has always been our intention to expand the contribution factors that are considered for organization rankings in our marketplace.
We are going to be instituting our next major change to the ranking system shortly. These changes expand the system beyond issue credits, to other kinds of contributions that organizations make to the Drupal ecosystem. The factors that will be included are:
Issue credits
Issue credits will continue to be the most important factor in an organization's position in the marketplace
We are considering weighting the value of credits based on project usage. (See the experimental change notice below)
Projects supported:
Organizations listed by maintainers as supporting organizations for projects will receive a small standing contribution credit.
Case studies:
Organizations will receive a small standing credit for Drupal 8 case studies submitted to Drupal.org
Supporting partner program:
Organizations who contribute to the supporting partner program will receive a standing credit proportional to their partner level.
We may also include a small standing credit for organizations who maintain a drupal association organization membership.
As these changes go live we will also post to the Drupal.org explaining the rationale behind these changes and what factors we will monitor. In the initial weeks after the roll out we may make some slight tweaks to the underlying algorithm. Following the initial tweaks and any changes we may need to respond to emergent issues, the algorithm will be reviewed on a six month timeline by a group of association staff, board members, and community representatives.
